Several port related problems with Nano

[jock_mills]

Recently came back to using Arduino after not touching in a few years, ordered a nano from the Arduino site (not a clone), installed the IDE and ran into a cascading set of issues:

-the port button was greyed out
-device isn't recognized in the device manager
-it does appear, but as an unknown device labeled FT232R USB UART
-when manually updating the drivers from the zip file got a 'hash file is not present' error
-Ports don't appear in device manager, even when hidden devices are shown
-looking it up seems like com ports aren't default included in windows 10
-went to actions>add legacy hardware>ports(COM&LPT) but got a message cannot find enough resources and the com port didn't pick up the nano

There appear to be fixes for a lot of the individual problems above, but when trying them it leads me to another problem and I'm going in circles a bit. Anyone had anything similar that could offer advice?

[Ballscrewbob]

I think your issue is with the last part "cannot find enough resources"
That usually refers to a conflict of hardware.

That could be a BIOS setting for such as IRQ or COM port that may be better left to AUTO.
It could also be some older software for phones and bluetooth devices.

Another thing to add to your list is to turn off DRIVER SIGNING. You don't normally need to do that but on occasion it can help.

Also check that you are doing any of your previous steps and any more as ADMINISTATOR or with full ADMINISTATOR privileges.

BTW there is a very specific way to see hidden devices that goes a little beyond the simple "show hidden hardware". You may have tried it but in case you didn't here is a link Remember to do all that with admin privs.